"Just let us keep discharging gays for another 18 months," said the spider to the fly.....NEW PALM CENTER MULTI COUNTRY STUDY PROVES SPEEDY REPEAL IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT DISRUPTIVE....SEN. LIEBERMAN LEADS WITH SENATE REPEAL BILL....TOP COMMANDER IN IRAQ GEN. RAYMOND ODIERNO SAYS DADT HAS BEEN A NON-ISSUE TO HIM....

Video on the left is of the entire hearing held on February 2, 2010. Video on the right is Committee Chair Carl Levin speaking with reporters and others after hearing. He says he believes the pace Gates proposed is too slow, that a moratorium on discharges makes a lot of sense to him during their study, that a moratorium or repeal itself could by included in defense authorization bill. LT. Dan Choi, off camera, asks him for a speedy repeal and Levin says he's followed his career and admires him. Audio begins at about 1:50 point. [Photo by Marta Evry.]

"The time for talk is over! The time for action is now!" - LT. Dan Choi

Mark Bingham

Sen. John McCain at Memorial for Gay American Hero Mark Bingham, September 2001